Best family movie continuity mistakes of 1940

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Pinocchio picture Pinocchio mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Pinocchio is locked up in the cage of Stromboli, Jiminy goes inside the cage lock, and he hangs his coat and hat on the outside of the lock. In the next shot, they have disappeared.

Hamster

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Fantasia picture

Continuity mistake: When Mickey walks down the stairs from the fountain, he walks down twelve steps. Later, when he tries in vain to stop the enchanted broom from coming down these stairs, there are at least fifteen steps.

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You Ought to Be in Pictures picture

Continuity mistake: When Porky parks his car after the security guard spots him wearing an Oliver Hardy disguise, he jumps out of the car and the door is shut. When Porky sees the security guard after being thrown out of the shooting of the ballet film, he runs back to his car and the door is now open.

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A Wild Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer places the carrot by Bugs' home, the rabbit tracks around the hole keep disappearing and re-appearing between shots.

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Donald's Vacation picture

Continuity mistake: When one of the chipmunks takes some of Donald Duck's food, you can see there are eight items. But when Donald chases him after hitting him in the face with a banana, there are now five.

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Elmer's Candid Camera picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer is reading his book at the beginning of the cartoon, you can see it reads "How to Photograph Wild Life" on the spine, but when we see Elmer in the next shot, the words have gone.

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Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip picture

Continuity mistake: After Mickey hides Pluto in his suitcase in Burbank, Mickey picks up his cane and runs to the train, then when Mickey actually jumps onto the train caboose he's only carrying his suitcase, he does not have his cane, nor does he have Pluto's suitcase (which had been filled with bones) with him. The cane reappears on the train later, and at the end Pluto's suitcase mysteriously reappears when Pete throws it at the duo in Pomona.

Super Grover

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The Bear's Tale picture

Continuity mistake: When Papa Bear is drinking from the hot water tap after eating the hot porridge, the tap handle changes position between shots.

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Puss Gets the Boot picture

Continuity mistake: After the mouse is revived by water from Jasper, he goes up to the cat and you can see that the mouse's left hand is under Jasper's mouth, but in the next shot his hand is now near the whisker area.

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